Michael, I Thought You were Dead

Praise for Michael, I Thought you were dead.

“This book is a feast for the soul.” Joy Cowley

“It is hard to imagine a book of poems more infused with living, with seasonal growth and rebirth, with the wairua and spirit of being alive.” Gregory O'Brien

Michael I thought You Were Dead is a life-affirming book of reflections written by Wellington writer and poet Michael Fitzsimons in the aftermath of a cancer diagnosis. It is an honest, heart-rending, and ultimately hopeful account of what it feels like to confront one's mortality. It is the cancer journey of a man desperate for spiritual meaning in life's most difficult circumstances. Pragmatic, intelligent and searching.

Michael Fitzsimons is a regular contributor to Tui Motu and his latest publishing project was Joy Cowley's Veil Over the Light. His first book of poems, Now You Know, was recommended in Radio New Zealand's annual poetry highlights.